Parts of Tienken Road in Rochester Hills to get continuous left-turn lane

The Oakland Press/TIM THOMPSON
Tienken Road, east of Rochester Road in Rochester Hills.

Parts of Tienken Road in Rochester Hills will be closed this summer for the first phase of a reconstruction project that will include a continuous center left-turn lane when completed.

The $2 million project, which will be handled by New Haven-based Pamar Enterprises, will shut down Tienken east of Rochester Road to Sheldon Road, according to Craig Bryson, Road Commission for Oakland County's public information officer.

Bryson said $1.6 million of the costs are being covered through federal funding while the remaining $400,000 is being picked up by the road commission and Rochester Hills.

Westbound local traffic will be open throughout the duration of the project, expected to begin June 15.

Traffic on eastbound Tienken will be detoured to Rochester to Avon Road to Dequindre Road to Runyon Road; from Sheldon, Tienken to Runyon to Avon to Dequindre to Rochester; and from westbound Washington Road, Dequindre to Avon to Rochester.

Construction should be completed by mid-November, Bryson said.

The entire Tienken Road reconstruction stretches from Livernois Road to Sheldon Road, Bryson said. The second phase, from west of Livernois to Rochester, should begin next spring and be finished around the end of summer, he added.

A public meeting in an open house format to discuss the first phase of the project will be held May 30 at Stoney Creek High School located at 575 E. Tienken Road, Rochester from 4 to 7 p.m.